Plate Tectonics

Catalog description

Plate Tectonics (3-0) The application of geological and geophysical data to the description and evolution of motion between the lithospheric plates. Topics include: relative velocities between plates, triple junctions, plate rotations, seismicity and plate boundaries, marine magnetic anomalies, paleomagnetism, plate driving mechanisms, relationship of plate tectonic processes to the geologic evolution of the western United States.